Description - ANS The level of investigation that involves the collection of facts about observed events that can be quantified, classified, and examined for possible relations with other known facts, and often suggests hypotheses or questions for additional research. P. 3
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, Description - ANS The level of investigation that involves the collection of facts about observed
events that can be quantified, classified, and examined for possible relations with other known
facts, and often suggests hypotheses or questions for additional research. P. 3
Prediction - ANS The level of investigation that demonstrates correlation between events and
is based on repeated observations. P. 3
Control - ANS The level of investigation in which functional relations can be derived. P. 4
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Overall Goal of Science - ANS To achieve a thorough understanding of the phenomenon under
study. P. 3
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Functional Relation - ANS Specific change in the dependent variable can reliably be produced
by specific manipulations in the independent variable, and the change in the dependent variable
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was unlikely to be the result of confounding variables. P. 4
Determinism - ANS This is the assumption upon which science is predicated, the idea that the
universe is a lawful and orderly place in which all phenomena occur as the result of other
events. P. 5
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Empiricism - ANS The practice of objective observation of the phenomena of interest; objective
observations are "independent of the individual prejudices, tastes, and private opinions of the
scientist... Results of empirical methods are objective in that they are open to anyone's
observation and do not depend on the subjective belief of the individual scientist" P. 5
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Experiment - ANS A carefully conducted comparison of some measure of the phenomenon of
interest (the dependent variable) under two or more different conditions in which only one factor
at a time (the independent variable) differs from one condition to another. P. 6
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Experimental analysis of behavior - ANS This is the branch of behavior analysis that focuses
on basic research. P.11
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Replication - ANS The repeating of experiments to determine the reliability and usefulness of
findings. Includes the repetition of independent variable conditions within experiments. Method
for which mistakes are discovered
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Parsimony - ANS This is the idea that simple, logical explanations must be ruled out,
experimentally or conceptually, before more complex or abstract explanations are considered.
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